The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-04-16
SHERMAN TO YOUNG MEN.
The Senator's Good Advice to the Rising
Republicans of Philadelphia.

The Senator'S Good Advice t" the Rising
Republicans of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, April II The sixth
annual banquet of the Young Republi-
cans of Philadelphia was given at st.
Georges Hall tonight. aud WAS largely
attended. The following letter from
Senator John Sherman was read, and its
sentiment received with applause:
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., April 1857.
Edcard S Stuart Esq President Yoany
Republicans, Wjladeiphta.
M Dear Sir-Whlle | am compelled
to deny myself the pleasure ot dining
with the Young Republican Club of Phil
adelphia on April 11tb | take the occa-
SION to express my high appreciation of
tho value of their services To the cause
Of good government, III which We all
are or ought to be enlisted AS one OF
the seniors of the r publican party, |
may be allowed to give words of encour-
agement and advice To the youn. men
who have assumed or will Snon assume
the control of our political organization.
We certainly should feel PRIDE in the
great measures that have been success
fully executed by the Republican party,
and although yon may not have to con
duct a gigantic war for the preservation
of the Union, and will probably have no
such difficult tasks as recoIiStI uction and
slavery to deal with, Yet tie work of
the Republican party is but fairly begun.
That which is past is honorable, that
which is to come will depend chiefly
upon the vigor Integrity and patriotism
of the young Republicans. who, like
yourselves. are now organizing TO con
tue the WORK of the past.
What you have to do is still further to
develop and diversity American industry.
1t should be our ann to prouuce every
thing in this country for which the God
of nature has given us the raw materials
or which are suited to our soil and eli
mate. Every measure should be sup
ported that will tend to foster, defend
aud protect home industries. We should
not DO content until every channel OF
communication capable of improvement
and which will yield benefits equal to
their cost shall be improved. Tue edu-
cation of the rising generation, without
respect to race, color or previous condi-
ton, ought to be a constant object of de
sire. The equal enjoyment ct every civil
and political right given by the Constl-
tuition should be stcnred by every legal
and constitutional means. The shadows
and prejudices of the past should be
lifted up by the light of modern civilizl-
ton. The workingman i'll every cOndi
ton aud employment OF life should be
encouraged, protected and assisted by
every reasonable means to advance his
condition and to open up to him. by hon
est labor and enterprise, all the avenues
of We alth aud honor. Our adverSaries
may brood over the dead past and mourn
the decay OF Confederate ideas, but Re-
pubhcans hail with unbuunded satisiac-
ton every advance of cur country in
strength and power at home ana abroad,
conscious that this is consistent with the
full powers of state, county and local
governments reaching To every family
With the sincere hope that your society
and kindred societies Throughout the
United Sta.es may take up the work of
the Republican party and carry it to its
logical results, | am, as ever, very truly
yours, john SHERMAN.
Ex-Governor John 5. Wise. of Virginia,
was the guest of the evening. in re
spending to "a toas: he made a vigorous
attack upon the Democratic party. lu
overhauling its record he SAID the Demo
cratic party had failed to carry out Its
pledges to repeal the internal revenue
law, had defeated the Blair Educational
measure after pledgipg itself to Its pas
sage, and had won power by its assault
on the surplus, yet had piled up "a larger
surplus than ever. 1t had passed law
of Interstate Commerce So bad that its
own com III Ission is forced to suspend its
operation to avoid panic and business
stampede. The Republican party, if
it would win" he said, must stop stalk
ing it's all on New York. Virginia is Re
publican-eleven counties with 12O, 600
whites and but 10. 900 blacks give, on an
aggregate vote of 10000, a Republican
majority of over 1000
Indiana no more has Hendricks aue
Mcdonald to l6ad-the one is dead, the
other snutbed. West Virginia is Repub-
lican. Tennessee and North Carolina
are ready to come. Let us devote one
tenth the energy and means on them
that as gone to New York III the past,
and victory is ours